SRINAGAR:In a decision which could have ‘far reaching consequences’ on the future of 65 thousand Rehber-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers, the Education Department has proposed to conduct “professional test” all over the state with an intention to authenticate the credentials of their qualifications.... more

World News

RAMALLAH - The parents and brother of a Palestinian toddler burned to death by suspected Jewish extremists were fighting for their lives Saturday, as protests over the arson attack entered a second day.
The firebombing of the family's home in the... more

LONDON (AP) — Family members of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden were among people killed in a private jet crash in southern England, a Saudi ambassador said, but did not further identify the dead.
Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdel-Aziz,... more

Technology

WHAT do you call a multimillion-dollar, for-profit company that's run in large part by unpaid or underpaid grunt laborers? A century ago, you might've dubbed it robber-barony or sharecropping — if not, you know, outright slavery.
In 2015, though, we... more